The Barber of Stamford Hill (1963)

Local barber Mr Figg (John Bennett) natters away to his clients, he fibs about his domestic life and imagines for himself a wife and children. After he lights the Sabbath candles one Friday evening, nostalgia for the warmth of his childhood home leads the Jewish bachelor to act on his fantasy. He takes a break from his regular chess evening with mute friend (Maxwell Shaw) Dober to pursue the hand of his neighbour Mrs Werner (Megs Jenkins) a busy and charming widow with two teenage children. Will family life meet Figg's high expectations?